Requiem
is a performative intervention by way of ritual, to remember
the killings committed in the "war on drugs" initiative
from the central government in Mexico.
The bilingual title makes reference to the bi-national reality
of the "war against drugs." Requiem is an attempt, from the
space of performance art, to open with a coroner’s knife the
very same discourse of death broadcasted by those in power
under the guise of "national security." Inside its rotten
entrails, we re-discover the daily suffering of the common
citizen, the most affected by a vicious and pathological decision
of the state that has nothing to do with his or her wellbeing,
and much to do with some of the darker designs of power that
Mexico has seen in its history, with unconditional support
from the US.